FIRST REFORMED
Paul Schrader

O.V. English | st French

In a diary he intends to eventually destroy, a solitary clergyman mourning his son writes of his meeting with an environmental activist, whose black view of the planet’s future triggers a profound spiritual crisis in our man of God. Ethan Hawke is superb as the troubled pastor in a performance of sublime understatement. A sensitive, unsettling reflection on faith and climate change, masterfully crafted with a stripped-down, pitch-perfect austerity that keeps the suspense on high, right up to...